Clearwater ranks #59 in Florida for graduation rate
Clearwater is ranked on 33 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 4.
The lists Clearwater does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Clearwater marked.
Clearwater lands in the top half on 8 of 22 lists
Each dot is Clearwater’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Clearwater does best come first.
More vacation homes than 78% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Clearwater’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Clearwater out-ranks 0 of its 5 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Clearwater lands in every FL ranking
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #93Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#372
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#357
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#360
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#318
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#350
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#481
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#64 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#209
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#171
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#194 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#295
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#411
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#224
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#205
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#424 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#338
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#321
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#341
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#162 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#138
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#198
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#299
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#98 Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#219
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#419
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#115
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#252 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 North Miami Beach · 20.3 per resident
Most library borrowing#1 Winter Park · 17.4 per resident
Safety
Safest#1 Gulf Breeze · 4.8
The number on the right is Clearwater’s spot. All of Florida’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every FL list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.